cheerly
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of cheerly
Example Sentences
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Spin on cheerly, little daughter, till your needful task is done, Then go forth with bird and blossom, at the setting of the sun.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
To Sorrow I bade good-morrow, And thought to leave her far away behind; But cheerly, cheerly, She loves me dearly— She is so constant to me and so kind.
From Side Lights by Grant Allen
At least vouchsafe these arms some little room, Who, hoping to embrace thee, cheerly swum.
From Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe
To visit other lands afar Thou soon wilt flying be; Thou hast another spring than ours To cheerly welcome thee.
From Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century by Edmund O. Jones
But oh! bright Hope, mid bleak Despair, Sprang, cheerly speaking to my heart, Sweet, smiling spring shall yet return, And joyless winter must depart.
From Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by James Avis Bartley
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